December 29, 1900 (4 pages)

arenes maenones etieec Soe rene + saad roy Evening, Sundays ; AT NEVADA OfTY, CALIFORNIA, ‘THE TRANSCRIPT. Foran Om no ann = Bap BROWN & CALEMS. mee re TREMBS OF SUBSORITTION + ‘yTiell, « «= « «= * §6 Per Year ay conve: Sots ee i rerarvedih Delivered to any part uf the city. . TALEPHONE_NO, 41. P.'0, BOX B SATORDAY..DEC, 29, 1900 seieaibiaiiahiai IMPORTANT SOUIBS, Items That Should Interest Everybody — Something New Every Day. An ignorant brute—a man who treats his wife like a slave. : Watch meeting at the Methodist Oburch Moaday‘night, Lunch :Tongues, just received at Sigourney’s. Boneless bone Ham—ready for use at Scadden’s, . If you want a good carpet cheap go to Snell & Fleming’s. tf Little Willie Cole fell down ! Wed: nesday last and broke one of his praia,” Fred Eilerman will be in the front rank tonight with as fine a lunch as any one could wish. The bev2rages are allright. — : Fresh currants, raisins and citron just in at Sigourney’s. tf A pension has ‘been granted by the Government to Geo. O. Merrill of this city. : For first-class plumbing go to Howells tf For LifeIusurance see T. B Gray. Carton (Maine) brand Sweet Corn, at Scadden’s. Hon. John F. Kidder has resigned as State Debris Commissioner. The ball next Tuesday evening will be a grand affair. It could not be otherwise when given by the lovely Native Daughters. St. George Vineyard—Claret, Sherry and Reisling wines, at Scadden’s. * Sauerkrout, in bulk, at Scadden’s. Thos. Scadden desires all of his’ acquaintances to drop in and see him this evening if they don’t want to miss @ good thing. Selected Queen Olives in jars—the finest in the land. At Scadden’s. Pickled pig’s-feet, mince meat in bulk and fresh walnats just received at T. W. Sigourney’s. tf Hot Beef Tea and Olam Bouillon, at Tegler’s confectionery store. Lady Adams Tomatoes, at Scadden’s. At Tom Limnell’s place this evening suill ho £. d_ thea 1asaad Alsi good things on their sideboard. A young son of Vic Austin of Willow Valley is critically ill, ae Ed Ryan, who was caved on at the Providence mine a few nights ago, is getting along as well as could. be exInthe Superior .Court M, Caelanan has applied for letters of administraeK! sion on the estate of his father, Humphrey Calanan, who died many years ago. The Saperior Court has granted Sidney Peard a divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion. : The ten months’ old daughter of Mr and Mrs. L: B. Self of Washington died yesterday afternoon, before Dr. Conlan reached that place. ‘The parents are nearly heart-broken over the logs of their dear, little. one. Unless a man is polite to his wife he is’nt polite, When a fool is silent it is often at the wrong time.Brag is always going to do what perseverance has alreaily done. Motto for W. GO. T.°U.: “Glass upside down with care,” fs The man who has the least is richer than the man who wants the most. Go to church tomorrow and you will be better in heart by so doing. It is far better to keep out of a quarrel than it is tc fight your way out. Wm, George’s term as Postmaster a; Grass Valley will not expire until J uly, 1902, and yet there are already five candidates hustling for the plece, and othergare talked of. The following are the tiv-: Wm George, (present incumbent) Jas. C. Tyrrell, Dan Collins, Jerome Deasy and J M. Young. Weather prediction :— Cloudy tonight and threatening Sunday. ~ ; Boast mot thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what @ day may bring forth. . a ; ~ The little daughter of L. F. Self who died at Washington yesterday will be brought here for burial tomorrow. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, a sword and a sharp arrow. “ Next Thursday will be the last day to file bills against the county, to’ be acted upon at ‘he January session of the Board ‘of Supervisors. A prodent man foreseeth the evil aud hideth himself. Speech is silven, silence is golden, giggling is brazen and laughing is often ironical. John Hopkin® is having new glass windows put in his saloon on Main street. Those crownest the year with Thy goodness and Phy paths drop fatness. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knoé@ledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest. State. Drop in thore and sample the was caused by s0 stored upstairs. paper. “Dan, you are a my pocket?’ “Yes, sah.” out being asked.” . gything in that line, and. fbetr ‘prices and no one ever goes away from there disappointed. If you should desire anything in the drinking line you should call at the Grotto. It is the most popular resort in town and you are always given fair treatment. tf The public can procure fine raspberry and strawberry plants from T. H. Lebr at all times. n23-tf Another Saturday evening is here and another camp stew is to be served by Henry Rich at the Peerless saloon on Broad street. For cold storage meats go to Grissel Bros.’ and you are sure to get the best. The time is.drawing near when you will have to make your sewer connec. tions. Howell does the best of work and he will treat you with fairness. +f. Tomales, in cans—they’re just fine for an evening lunch. Try them. Can be had at Phil Scadden’s. The rush at Billy Britland’s Council Chamber on Saturday last was uDprecedented, on account of the many attractions at his place. Tonight he is figuring on still a greater crowd because the attractions will be still greater, the lunch counter more extensive and—well, go and see for yourself. It was not as cold this morning as it was yesterday by two degrees, The ever courteous and quiet Maitjand Bros. have solved the problem of how tomake men feel contented in “this life. The secret wili be imparted to those who call at their place any time this evening. : The finest and freshest stock of can goeds ever brought to this city just unpacked at Phil Scadden’s. Oburch bells are tolled to make a Heaven—a few weeks before marriage. Hell—always after marriage, with some.Col. Bice will be at the Grotto this evening and he hopes thet all of his friends will be there too. He has a thing or two to present to his friends in the way of a lunch and fancy drinks. _.__Lehr’s Nevada -City-“treshfruit, in . jars. At Scadden’s. Five barrels of the nicest mince meat ever brought into this market just received at P. G. Scadden’s, tf Some men delight in picking and ani snarling at their wives, and never have an encouraging word to say to them. That kind of men are not fit to live. They should be tortured to death. Call on Ed Schmidt when you want anything in the tobacco line. tf Highest grade Flavoring Extracts, at Scadden’s. ° All kinds of Jellies, in Jars, at Phil Scadden’s. ’ ‘Isoard & Oo. have the largest and _ best wholesale liquor house in this 8ection of the country. They carry eve: { Se psi a tn Meet I oe ae best friend if he thinks it necessary. Ifto be’ agreeable is to be easily pleased, how easy it must be to be agreeble. GRASS VALLEY GLRANINGS. . Doings ofthe People of Our~ Sister City As Told Over the Telephone, © A* very rich strike has been made in the Tule Bell mine at the depth of a hundred feet. Itis thought the ore will go several hundred dollars to the ton. County Health Officer Jones heard there was a case of smallpox in the Truscott family on sachusets Hill and this morning/ went out to make investigations. He was met at the door by the woman of the house who declared’ no smallpox existed there and refused {o let: him enter. The health officer left the premises butreturned again after being told by a neighbor that there really was a smallpox sufferer there. The woman again refused to let Mr. Jones in the house but after he told her he would Quarantine the house anyway she finally allowed him to enter. One of the sons of the house was found to be broken out with the disease. Another son who had had the disease*bul had improved was not at home at-the time of the doctor’s visit, No physician had been called in either case. The place was quarantined. oe eer Personal Mention. R. Hughes and J. Hughes were over from Columbia Hill today. F. G. Low Jr. of San Francisco arrived here on the afternoon train. : J. W. Havens of Berkeley ‘arrived here this morning. J. McDonnell, J. W. Hauser and L. Gruss came down from Downieyille this afternoon and will leave tomorrow . for San Francisco, J. Wilbur came down ‘from Downieville today on his way. to San Francisco. ; C.-E. Thursen of San Francieco, who bas ‘been to Osamptonville, passed through town this afternoon on his way home. é Y A Gem of Londen Humer, “Well, goodby, Mr.Green. It was so nice of you to come. It does father such alot of good to have some one to talk to.” “I -was delighted to -come, Miss Brown, but I’m afraid I’m not much of a conversationalist,” “My dear Mr. Green, don’t let that. trouble you,. Father’s ideal listener is an absolute idiot, with no conversation whatever, and I know he has enjoyed reach. Negro Eloquence, Negroes sometimes express themselves as felicitously as do the Irish. Here is-a case copied from a Texas Some time agn one of Texas’ widely known statesmen, who is now dead, was passing along a street in Dallas, when an oid colored man, who hadonce belonged to him, approached, took off his hat and passed a hand over his white wool as he asked: “Marster, gin de old man 50 cents.” robber.” ) “How?” asked the astonished darky, opening his eyes, around which rough shod age had walked. “Didn’t you see me put my hand in “Well, you old rascal, you rob me of the pleasure of giving you money withThe old man received a dollar. Bowing almost to the ground, while tears came out and coursed through the aged prints around his eyes, he replied: “Marster, wid, wid such a heart’ as you hab and wid Abraham and Tsaac and de Lord on your side, L don’t see what can keep you out of heaven.” mr No other animal has been more modiof age upto 6 years, but are commonly broken in fights long before. that time. Wild boars are very ill temper ed and, when worsted in fighting, ofte: revenge themselves by ripping the bark from trees as high as they can A Sernion In Brief, A man met a bull in a field. “I'll tos: you to see who stays,” said the bull He tossed, and the man lost. The mor al is that it.is never safe to indulge ip games of chance, especially when all ‘the odds are against you.—Philadel phia Nort&{ American. China Fish Sets Cups, Plates, Wondering about that present ? Suppose you go down this line. Crockery Fancyware Jardineres famps-— Ornaments Silver ware . Busts— Figures Dinner Sets Onyx Tables Sets, Toilet Sets, Vases children of Mr. and Mrs. Lavery being burned to death. Theffather is a wood dealer. and has a few cows upon his place. The family consisted of the ta io ban father and mother; ababy boy, Robert, . /2 nine cases out of ten turn out to be 6 months-old; a boy, Dewey, 2 years estat é old, and a girl Hazel, 4yearsold. The parents left home yesterday mo:ning to drive a cow to a neighbor's, leaving the children at home. Near by, about 250 yards away, a hired man _was cuttiug wood, and for this reason the parents. thought the children would be safe. Shortly after the departure of exacted. the parents the hired man heard an explosion in the direction of the house, and, looking around, was horrified to see the Lavery home on fire, He ran at topmost speed to the house, but on his arrival it was a mass cf flames. The building was composed of cedar lumber and made a hot, quick fire. Vainly he strove to enterthe hcuse to rescue the children, but the flames. drove him back and he-was forced to.stand by and see the little ones burn to death. He-fieard no vries, so it is thought . that before his arrival that the children had been. mercifully suffocated by smoke, When the parents returned the charred remains of their children could be seen in the burning. embers, . and the grief of the father and mother was heartrending. *They lost everything they possessed, but the property. lost was not considered. How the fire started is unknown, but the explosion me blasting powder > of: A famons steeple climber was jand crafty char . . ed if hevever felt fear in his business. 3 ters.a cry that is the “Of course I feel fear at times,” he ca of a cock crow. The unwary [toward the spot, when fate rest until it lias sought o that committed the theft ahd vengeance for the robbery. ous to gainsay the superstition. Our Old Shinplasters. with his own hand. One Quite Enough, key. “Yes; one. is quit me.to so cheapen women too.” oe es Evidence Lacking. “Ye are a f wan see ye do it?’ Comstock. City Journal. family in feudal times. His Hearing to Come, day is deaf. Listener—How do you know? is expected to have week.—Green Bag. tatten promptly’In hand, the sting “No,” was the prisoner’s response. “Thin Oi discharge ye fer want of ividence,” ~declared his: honor, and thereupon all the boys moved up to the bar and took “sunthin” with Mr. ‘The black Inhabitants of Venezuela are, like all other dark races; very suberstitious. And as regards the rattle snake they have a curious belief; They. affirm that if a rattlesnake ts: capture and the bones in tts tail which form the rattle removed the snake will never the man They cite instances of men who-have. taken the rattles and gone far journeys only to be followed by the infuriated shake and killed. Whether there is any truth in this is. a matter of conjecture. If half the tales that are told have any truth in them, it would seem superfiu-" An officer of the treasury department estimates that more than $15,000,000 worth of the old fashioned fractional Paper currency is still outstanding, and though some of it has doubtless been destroyed the bulk of it is héld by cok’ fectors and private individuals. Every now and then some old person dies,» @nd the heirs, finding a quantity of the ‘shinplasters” in a disused pocketbook or some other hiding place, send them to Washington to be redeemed. Occasionally, too, banks forward quite a lot of the notes in unbroken sheets, just as they got them many years ago. At first these sheets had to be cut apart with scissors, but afterward they were perforated like postage stamps so as,tobe torn apart. Not long ago the treasury received a handkerchief. full of this currency of the first issue, each note being signed by Treasurer Spinner , About $3,000 worth. of this fractional paper comes in for redemption each year, and some of the best of it is saved out by the department to be given away in response to appHeations from collectors, “IT don’t see how any sane man can want more than one wife,” he said as he finished reading an article on Tur enough, isn’t it, dear?” she returned. “The human heart is not large enough for more than. one, and then polygamy always seems to “I wasn't thinking of that.” he answered. ‘What bothers me is how any man can go to work deliberately to accumulate troubles—to make a collecs: tion, as you wight say.”—Chicago. Post. In-1870:the contractors’. firm of Comstock & White was doing business at omstock killed White. W' for tellin it! Did any’ But imagine the feelings of Mr. White of New. York, who had come to avenge his brother’s slaying!—Kansas France has as many as 45,000faini. Hes, with 130.000 individuals, claiming A title of nobility; but. as a matter of fact, only about 450 families ‘can prove their claim ta descent from: a noble Old Lady (reading nhewspaper)—I. declare! The poor fellow arrested yesterOld Lady—Why, !t says here that he’his hearia next answered. “Fear is common to all l. Not to feel fear is not courTo overcome fear is the true quallforce and the restraining force—the body of recruits at first to run under fire and the restraining force that tauses them to overcome for various ‘Teasons the first natural fear. So, in climbing, one unused to it is by the sti fraid, afraid that-his legs, his arms, his suppért, will ve way and ‘plunge him down. Shakespeare, who touched on all human emotions, touch‘ed on this feeling of fear in high places : in ‘King Lear’ he pictured Hdd at the cliffs of Dover. . “The one way to get over the natural either within or without. 1 remember once when a new boy at sea was ordered aloft by the mate he trembled with fear and ‘begged to be let out of ‘it. ‘Upon my soul,-sir, 1 can’t go up there.” This was his first impelling impulse. Bot when the mate touched him up with a rope’s end he was at the could-not follow him. The pain on his outer nerves brought him to his senses feree. So if you happen to‘be with any one who shows signs of fear in a high place a few smart slaps on the face will_bring him to himself. The right medicine for unconquerable fear in a high place: is immediate pain on the outside nerves.”—Boston Transcript. 5 2 "1 An Iron Czar. >In the “Memoirs of a Revolutionist,” by -Prinee Kropotkin, the author says was willing to emancipate the serfs, was @ man capable of singular harshness and even brutality. When Kropotkin was <promoted and was calted ‘with other officers to the side of the ezar, the latter congratulated them quietly, speaking about military duty and loyalty. “But if any of you,” .-he went on, distinctly. shouting out every word, bis face suddenly Conioried with .j anger—“‘but if any of you-—which God preserve you from—sbould under any circumstances. prove disioyal to. the treated .with ail the se-vori-ty of the laws, without the slightest com-misera-tion.” a “His yoice failed,” says the author. “His face was peerich, full of that ‘the faeés of landlords when they threatened to skio their serfs ‘under .the rods.’" He violently spurred his horse and rode out of our circle. Next morning, the 14th of June, by his orders, thrée officers were shot at Modlin, fn Poland, and one soldier, Szur by name, was killed under the rods.” The Riisian Pensant, _It_is asserted by those who have Jived among ‘them that the lawest types or modern Ew n civilization producers are pearly. all foreigners, and -the larger trade of tte country is ehiefly in German hands. : Education may after the lapse of several generations remove the imferent dullness of this people, but it will be no easy matter to root out eviis which ‘are the growth of centuries of serfdom and distress.—Cleveland Plain Pealer. Tee's Confectionery Commercial St., opp. Transcript Block. CHAS. E. TEGLER, Proprietor Constantly on hand a large stock of Candies, Nuts : @Qranges, Lemons, Bananas, Limes. Oyster Cocktails, Hot Bef ‘Tea and Clam Buillon. oh ==—————_—_===_=_— . BASE BALLS Sporting’; Goods Are’ nice ek grt V8 . Presents ~<*. for Boys.’ of a man into two parts—the impelling same impelling force that causés°a. ‘Batural impelling force of his nervous fear is by some restraining force from_ top of the mast so quick that the mate. and made him exert ‘his restraining that Alexander II himself, for all he } ¢ezar,. the throne anil the fatherland, 4 take heed of wha: t say, he will ‘be. rage which I saw in my childhood on . ley.) . Iley). Srogxton, December 28.—The coldsa 3 a) est’ wave experienced -here in some time struck St. t night. . The thermometer reached 28 degrees. above ero this morning, ‘There wat a heavy frost, and even after the san came out the air continued so chilly that the. frost lingered in the shade until late in the forenoon. Fruit and grain men say that the frost has come at a ‘time ‘when it will be of immense benefit to the grain and fruit interests in this part of the valley, as it will drive the sap down for trimming, and also. kill eff insects which would otherwise amount toa pest. Last season both fruitand grain soffe: owing to the fact that there was no frost at thie season of the year. It is’ believed that the present frost will have. the effect of killing off a large percentage of the grain and fruit pestsand one or-twa more cold mornings will be of immense value. At the Union Tomorrow. Nothing that goes to make a good Sunday dinner will be missing from the tables at the Union Hotel from 5tc 7:30. o’elock tomorrow evening. Many families are now in the habit of taking their Sunday dinner at the Univn and they are always much pleased. [Landlord Metzenbaugher has prepared ‘an extra fine one for tomorrow and you should not miss it, At Sigourney’s Fresh eastern oysters, 50 cents for a big can, “ tf Seittittaeetheneetied wereanna 2@e->~ a atl Chosen Friends Attention. The officers-and members of the Order of Ohosen Friends are requested to meet at -Odd Fellows’ Hall Stnday afternoon, Deo. 80th, at 2 o’slock. J.P. Exaveu, Councilor, Police Graal isgt bouts in this city Chief’s order is believed of the outcomeof the bi before the Passaic Oou1 dissatisfied hecause the tame affair was Paderewski. ls s = New Yorx, December 28. to the Herald from Paris says: learned that a telegramceived in Paris from Pade; 80n saying that his father and stepmother arrived at the yacht Morges, near.Lau. sanine safely that night. A. Herata correspondent saw a telegram, from ‘Paderewski’s wife, in w was made of the’great pianist. fighting or even being wounded, but says distinetly that he was better, referring probably fo the cold from which he had been suffering, Ned Foster Said 1 no mention To Be Dying OaxLANp, December 28.—Ned Foster, famous in the palmy days-as-a sport and owner of the old Bella Union Theater in .San Francisco, is dying at the Receiving Hospital. He was found unconscious in a roem in a cheap lodging house; paralysis and is without money or friends, — He is a victim of There is no headavhe in Jesse Moore whiskey. That’s because it is pure. stamps. PR Maher & Co. ~ Out for business again. We can’t stop—the mine ‘has to. work in order to keep the mill dropping the we oe a our fine coats and capes. and. out they go at the following prices, Ladies, this day the mill is at work crushing the life ont of the prices of See our window. new price on them. All this season’s choicest They are all there and the old and goods, but we don’t want them Don’t wait a minute: oe brother in N York, a la er, are probably the: Russians. ad 3100 Bab tres gil ea Monae RSENS We RLS a eA Cg old pri e $ 7 50; now $ 5 00 fled by civilization and none reverts sted Cees éut to sul re law hari writers and travelers vary as to the Pea NNO SRNR Sit Ra 84 we 0.6 ww ale We atta aa old price. 10 50; now. 7 50 moré quickly to the original wild type . pi, brother’s slayer. Comstock was. future of Russia nearly all are Wrath ty Genet toe tees en eda lice ome ee Old price, 15 60; now 10 50 than the hog. Three genérations of éxronted ‘ead bronght teins Judge as to the utter degradation at presertt ey SERA EE ES, CMS Meee ees eine ka ere a Ber price, 16 60; now 12 00 Senna wid bublice to tery the sO} soyeeat Hage Oicy. ihe eemanee . OEMs Husian peasants aie 4, TE ECON ae en ‘old price’ 9p oo noe uo — oe pyceg rid degpecovinty og walked into the courtroom. (Judge.}0n the verge of starvation and is ab-) ttt tee eee ee eee epee RE, nate nea hazel splitter, thin, lank, leggy, lop’s saloon bi shoot. Solutely improvident, while his gross eared, sharp snouted ap Ishmael in — ahi) ves “oat: — and complete -igtiorance is combined 1 Coat~ Black Coats. bristles, running like a deer, if running “Misther Comstock, ye are charged with the most extravagant supersti2 Goats: SH 486 95 SETS LE AWONS RIAN te RMS Ree Swe EN Te ED old price, $6 005 now $3 00 be possible, fighting as only a wi hog with willful murther. Are ye guilty tion. Like all_low natures, he is thors 1 Coat TOP ON yet GAS a ke yee 2y :.sold price, 4 50; now 5 00 can fight when battle is impefative. or not guilty?" asked the judee. oughly distrustful of reform, and as a Poros eR a ake eee cote ae price, 10 50;now. 7 0) The tusks, which have been half oblit-. «guilty? was the laconic response. . Climax to his infirmities he is a conEe PE Ene Ne Seine mania ae old price, 12.50:now 7 5) erated in the process of civilization, This was. entirely beyond Judge . irmed drinker, . A PES get back size and strength. At a year Joyce’s calculations. He had no prece. . Middle. class in Russia there is praczs old they are formidable, at 2, murderdent for such a case and no power or . tically none. The small shopkeepers pon PR wien tips ea aes reels OI ae ue eh tay ee ihe old pri ‘e $7 50; aow $5 60 ous; at 3 @w 5, more @eadly than a inclination to visit out a penalty, and combine exorbitant charges with 1 ann TEE BS. SOR Se een 96.8 wae REE Gane e ge Reig Sum old price 6 00; now 3 50 sword. They afford a certain index so, with great indiguation, he shouted: , Shameful ‘usury. Manufacturers and Brees Dies ha tee soa senso be ee ee ge :s0ld price 6 50; now 4 00 ee 8 Having secured some of the youngest Our Prices ff. Just Like Finding Money Great American Importing Tea Cy himself tremendously tonight!”—Lon. Commercial Street, Nevada City. don Punch, -es . MEU Street, Grass Valley. ti ELIT SL SEE OUR STOCK! oe eee t Are Suitable Presents for Girls. : + serbeye.Ja phe marites, many shapes in our really worthy WILL DERIVE lasting pleasure and } Yory Best Footwear for x. Iscoarc and Som. Port and Sherry, 25c, 50c, 75¢,and $1.00 per bottle. Old Jamaica Rum for Rum Year dinner, ! ae tase soc and 75¢ per bottle. = Fine Old Reisling and Sauterne, soc. (Livermore ValOmelet (after your New Burgundy and Cabernet, very old, 75¢ (Livermore ValAT ISOARD?’ss. A Sensible Gift : Is the Only One that Should Receive Récognition. Foy A pair of Shoes or Slippers from the stock makes a present. The reeipient Satisfaction from such gift, and your ey will be well expended. _ Can’t do better than surround the P feet in YOUR OWN or someone else’s ings with a pair,of these sh We have the i, Women and Club between “Mysterious” Smith and “Youngs” Ma of Philadelphia. The audirne much et" r

arenes maenones etieec Soe rene + saad roy Evening, Sundays ; AT NEVADA OfTY, CALIFORNIA, ‘THE TRANSCRIPT. Foran Om no ann = Bap BROWN & CALEMS. mee re TREMBS OF SUBSORITTION + ‘yTiell, « «= « «= * §6 Per Year ay conve: Sots ee i rerarvedih Delivered to any part uf the city. . TALEPHONE_NO, 41. P.'0, BOX B SATORDAY....DEC, 29, 1900 seieaibiaiiahiai IMPORTANT SOUIBS, Items That Should Interest Everybody — Something New Every Day. An ignorant brute—a man who treats his wife like a slave. : Watch meeting at the Methodist Oburch Moaday‘night, Lunch :Tongues, just received at Sigourney’s. Boneless bone Ham—ready for use at Scadden’s, . If you want a good carpet cheap go to Snell & Fleming’s. tf Little Willie Cole fell down ! Wed: nesday last and broke one of his praia,” Fred Eilerman will be in the front rank tonight with as fine a lunch as any one could wish. The bev2rages are allright. — : Fresh currants, raisins and citron just in at Sigourney’s. tf A pension has ‘been granted by the Government to Geo. O. Merrill of this city. : For first-class plumbing go to Howells tf For LifeIusurance see T. B Gray. Carton (Maine) brand Sweet Corn, at Scadden’s. Hon. John F. Kidder has resigned as State Debris Commissioner. The ball next Tuesday evening will be a grand affair. It could not be otherwise when given by the lovely Native Daughters. St. George Vineyard—Claret, Sherry and Reisling wines, at Scadden’s. * Sauerkrout, in bulk, at Scadden’s. Thos. Scadden desires all of his’ acquaintances to drop in and see him this evening if they don’t want to miss @ good thing. Selected Queen Olives in jars—the finest in the land. At Scadden’s. Pickled pig’s-feet, mince meat in bulk and fresh walnats just received at T. W. Sigourney’s. tf Hot Beef Tea and Olam Bouillon, at Tegler’s confectionery store. Lady Adams Tomatoes, at Scadden’s. At Tom Limnell’s place this evening suill ho £. d_ thea 1asaad Alsi good things on their sideboard. A young son of Vic Austin of Willow Valley is critically ill, ae Ed Ryan, who was caved on at the Providence mine a few nights ago, is getting along as well as could. be exInthe Superior .Court M, Caelanan has applied for letters of administraeK! sion on the estate of his father, Humphrey Calanan, who died many years ago. The Saperior Court has granted Sidney Peard a divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion. : The ten months’ old daughter of Mr and Mrs. L: B. Self of Washington died yesterday afternoon, before Dr. Conlan reached that place. ‘The parents are nearly heart-broken over the logs of their dear, little. one. Unless a man is polite to his wife he is’nt polite, When a fool is silent it is often at the wrong time.Brag is always going to do what perseverance has alreaily done. Motto for W. GO. T.°U.: “Glass upside down with care,” fs The man who has the least is richer than the man who wants the most. Go to church tomorrow and you will be better in heart by so doing. It is far better to keep out of a quarrel than it is tc fight your way out. Wm, George’s term as Postmaster a; Grass Valley will not expire until J uly, 1902, and yet there are already five candidates hustling for the plece, and othergare talked of. The following are the tiv-: Wm George, (present incumbent) Jas. C. Tyrrell, Dan Collins, Jerome Deasy and J M. Young. Weather prediction :— Cloudy tonight and threatening Sunday. ~ ; Boast mot thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what @ day may bring forth. . a ; ~ The little daughter of L. F. Self who died at Washington yesterday will be brought here for burial tomorrow. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, a sword and a sharp arrow. “ Next Thursday will be the last day to file bills against the county, to’ be acted upon at ‘he January session of the Board ‘of Supervisors. A prodent man foreseeth the evil aud hideth himself. Speech is silven, silence is golden, giggling is brazen and laughing is often ironical. John Hopkin® is having new glass windows put in his saloon on Main street. Those crownest the year with Thy goodness and Phy paths drop fatness. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knoé@ledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest. State. Drop in thore and sample the was caused by s0 stored upstairs. paper. “Dan, you are a my pocket?’ “Yes, sah.” out being asked.” . gything in that line, and. fbetr ‘prices and no one ever goes away from there disappointed. If you should desire anything in the drinking line you should call at the Grotto. It is the most popular resort in town and you are always given fair treatment. tf The public can procure fine raspberry and strawberry plants from T. H. Lebr at all times. n23-tf Another Saturday evening is here and another camp stew is to be served by Henry Rich at the Peerless saloon on Broad street. For cold storage meats go to Grissel Bros.’ and you are sure to get the best. The time is.drawing near when you will have to make your sewer connec. tions. Howell does the best of work and he will treat you with fairness. +f. Tomales, in cans—they’re just fine for an evening lunch. Try them. Can be had at Phil Scadden’s. The rush at Billy Britland’s Council Chamber on Saturday last was uDprecedented, on account of the many attractions at his place. Tonight he is figuring on still a greater crowd because the attractions will be still greater, the lunch counter more extensive and—well, go and see for yourself. It was not as cold this morning as it was yesterday by two degrees, The ever courteous and quiet Maitjand Bros. have solved the problem of how tomake men feel contented in “this life. The secret wili be imparted to those who call at their place any time this evening. : The finest and freshest stock of can goeds ever brought to this city just unpacked at Phil Scadden’s. Oburch bells are tolled to make a Heaven—a few weeks before marriage. Hell—always after marriage, with some.Col. Bice will be at the Grotto this evening and he hopes thet all of his friends will be there too. He has a thing or two to present to his friends in the way of a lunch and fancy drinks. _.__Lehr’s Nevada -City-“treshfruit, in . jars. At Scadden’s. Five barrels of the nicest mince meat ever brought into this market just received at P. G. Scadden’s, tf Some men delight in picking and ani snarling at their wives, and never have an encouraging word to say to them. That kind of men are not fit to live. They should be tortured to death. Call on Ed Schmidt when you want anything in the tobacco line. tf Highest grade Flavoring Extracts, at Scadden’s. ° All kinds of Jellies, in Jars, at Phil Scadden’s. ’ ‘Isoard & Oo. have the largest and _ best wholesale liquor house in this 8ection of the country. They carry eve: { Se psi a tn Meet I oe ae best friend if he thinks it necessary. Ifto be’ agreeable is to be easily pleased, how easy it must be to be agreeble. GRASS VALLEY GLRANINGS. . Doings ofthe People of Our~ Sister City As Told Over the Telephone, © A* very rich strike has been made in the Tule Bell mine at the depth of a hundred feet. Itis thought the ore will go several hundred dollars to the ton. County Health Officer Jones heard there was a case of smallpox in the Truscott family on sachusets Hill and this morning/ went out to make investigations. He was met at the door by the woman of the house who declared’ no smallpox existed there and refused {o let: him enter. The health officer left the premises butreturned again after being told by a neighbor that there really was a smallpox sufferer there. The woman again refused to let Mr. Jones in the house but after he told her he would Quarantine the house anyway she finally allowed him to enter. One of the sons of the house was found to be broken out with the disease. Another son who had had the disease*bul had improved was not at home at-the time of the doctor’s visit, No physician had been called in either case. The place was quarantined. oe eer Personal Mention. R. Hughes and J. Hughes were over from Columbia Hill today. F. G. Low Jr. of San Francisco arrived here on the afternoon train. : J. W. Havens of Berkeley ‘arrived here this morning. J. McDonnell, J. W. Hauser and L. Gruss came down from Downieyille this afternoon and will leave tomorrow . for San Francisco, J. Wilbur came down ‘from Downieville today on his way. to San Francisco. ; C.-E. Thursen of San Francieco, who bas ‘been to Osamptonville, passed through town this afternoon on his way home. é Y A Gem of Londen Humer, “Well, goodby, Mr.Green. It was so nice of you to come. It does father such alot of good to have some one to talk to.” “I -was delighted to -come, Miss Brown, but I’m afraid I’m not much of a conversationalist,” “My dear Mr. Green, don’t let that. trouble you,. Father’s ideal listener is an absolute idiot, with no conversation whatever, and I know he has enjoyed reach. Negro Eloquence, Negroes sometimes express themselves as felicitously as do the Irish. Here is-a case copied from a Texas Some time agn one of Texas’ widely known statesmen, who is now dead, was passing along a street in Dallas, when an oid colored man, who hadonce belonged to him, approached, took off his hat and passed a hand over his white wool as he asked: “Marster, gin de old man 50 cents.” robber.” ) “How?” asked the astonished darky, opening his eyes, around which rough shod age had walked. “Didn’t you see me put my hand in “Well, you old rascal, you rob me of the pleasure of giving you money withThe old man received a dollar. Bowing almost to the ground, while tears came out and coursed through the aged prints around his eyes, he replied: “Marster, wid, wid such a heart’ as you hab and wid Abraham and Tsaac and de Lord on your side, L don’t see what can keep you out of heaven.” mr No other animal has been more modiof age upto 6 years, but are commonly broken in fights long before. that time. Wild boars are very ill temper ed and, when worsted in fighting, ofte: revenge themselves by ripping the bark from trees as high as they can A Sernion In Brief, A man met a bull in a field. “I'll tos: you to see who stays,” said the bull He tossed, and the man lost. The mor al is that it.is never safe to indulge ip games of chance, especially when all ‘the odds are against you.—Philadel phia Nort&{ American. China Fish Sets Cups, Plates, Wondering about that present ? Suppose you go down this line. Crockery Fancyware Jardineres famps-— Ornaments Silver ware . Busts— Figures Dinner Sets Onyx Tables Sets, Toilet Sets, Vases children of Mr. and Mrs. Lavery being burned to death. Theffather is a wood dealer. and has a few cows upon his place. The family consisted of the ta io ban father and mother; ababy boy, Robert, . /2 nine cases out of ten turn out to be 6 months-old; a boy, Dewey, 2 years estat é old, and a girl Hazel, 4yearsold. The parents left home yesterday mo:ning to drive a cow to a neighbor's, leaving the children at home. Near by, about 250 yards away, a hired man _was cuttiug wood, and for this reason the parents. thought the children would be safe. Shortly after the departure of exacted. the parents the hired man heard an explosion in the direction of the house, and, looking around, was horrified to see the Lavery home on fire, He ran at topmost speed to the house, but on his arrival it was a mass cf flames. The building was composed of cedar lumber and made a hot, quick fire. Vainly he strove to enterthe hcuse to rescue the children, but the flames. drove him back and he-was forced to.stand by and see the little ones burn to death. He-fieard no vries, so it is thought . that before his arrival that the children had been. mercifully suffocated by smoke, When the parents returned the charred remains of their children could be seen in the burning. embers, . and the grief of the father and mother was heartrending. *They lost everything they possessed, but the property.

lost was not considered. How the fire started is unknown, but the explosion me blasting powder > of: A famons steeple climber was jand crafty char . . ed if hevever felt fear in his business. 3 ters.a cry that is the “Of course I feel fear at times,” he ca of a cock crow. The unwary [toward the spot, when fate rest until it lias sought o that committed the theft ahd vengeance for the robbery. ous to gainsay the superstition. Our Old Shinplasters. with his own hand. One Quite Enough, key. “Yes; one. is quit me.to so cheapen women too.” oe es Evidence Lacking. “Ye are a f wan see ye do it?’ Comstock. City Journal. family in feudal times. His Hearing to Come, day is deaf. Listener—How do you know? is expected to have week.—Green Bag. tatten promptly’In hand, the sting “No,” was the prisoner’s response. “Thin Oi discharge ye fer want of ividence,” ~declared his: honor, and thereupon all the boys moved up to the bar and took “sunthin” with Mr. ‘The black Inhabitants of Venezuela are, like all other dark races; very suberstitious. And as regards the rattle snake they have a curious belief; They. affirm that if a rattlesnake ts: capture and the bones in tts tail which form the rattle removed the snake will never the man They cite instances of men who-have. taken the rattles and gone far journeys only to be followed by the infuriated shake and killed. Whether there is any truth in this is. a matter of conjecture. If half the tales that are told have any truth in them, it would seem superfiu-" An officer of the treasury department estimates that more than $15,000,000 worth of the old fashioned fractional Paper currency is still outstanding, and though some of it has doubtless been destroyed the bulk of it is héld by cok’ fectors and private individuals. Every now and then some old person dies,» @nd the heirs, finding a quantity of the ‘shinplasters” in a disused pocketbook or some other hiding place, send them to Washington to be redeemed. Occasionally, too, banks forward quite a lot of the notes in unbroken sheets, just as they got them many years ago. At first these sheets had to be cut apart with scissors, but afterward they were perforated like postage stamps so as,tobe torn apart. Not long ago the treasury received a handkerchief. full of this currency of the first issue, each note being signed by Treasurer Spinner , About $3,000 worth. of this fractional paper comes in for redemption each year, and some of the best of it is saved out by the department to be given away in response to appHeations from collectors, “IT don’t see how any sane man can want more than one wife,” he said as he finished reading an article on Tur enough, isn’t it, dear?” she returned. “The human heart is not large enough for more than. one, and then polygamy always seems to “I wasn't thinking of that.” he answered. ‘What bothers me is how any man can go to work deliberately to accumulate troubles—to make a collecs: tion, as you wight say.”—Chicago. Post. In-1870:the contractors’. firm of Comstock & White was doing business at omstock killed White. W' for tellin it! Did any’ But imagine the feelings of Mr. White of New. York, who had come to avenge his brother’s slaying!—Kansas France has as many as 45,000faini. Hes, with 130.000 individuals, claiming A title of nobility; but. as a matter of fact, only about 450 families ‘can prove their claim ta descent from: a noble Old Lady (reading nhewspaper)—I. declare! The poor fellow arrested yesterOld Lady—Why, !t says here that he’his hearia next answered. “Fear is common to all l. Not to feel fear is not courTo overcome fear is the true quallforce and the restraining force—the body of recruits at first to run under fire and the restraining force that tauses them to overcome for various ‘Teasons the first natural fear. So, in climbing, one unused to it is by the sti fraid, afraid that-his legs, his arms, his suppért, will ve way and ‘plunge him down. Shakespeare, who touched on all human emotions, touch‘ed on this feeling of fear in high places : in ‘King Lear’ he pictured Hdd at the cliffs of Dover. . “The one way to get over the natural either within or without. 1 remember once when a new boy at sea was ordered aloft by the mate he trembled with fear and ‘begged to be let out of ‘it. ‘Upon my soul,-sir, 1 can’t go up there.” This was his first impelling impulse. Bot when the mate touched him up with a rope’s end he was at the could-not follow him. The pain on his outer nerves brought him to his senses feree. So if you happen to‘be with any one who shows signs of fear in a high place a few smart slaps on the face will_bring him to himself. The right medicine for unconquerable fear in a high place: is immediate pain on the outside nerves.”—Boston Transcript. 5 2 "1 An Iron Czar. >In the “Memoirs of a Revolutionist,” by -Prinee Kropotkin, the author says was willing to emancipate the serfs, was @ man capable of singular harshness and even brutality. When Kropotkin was <promoted and was calted ‘with other officers to the side of the ezar, the latter congratulated them quietly, speaking about military duty and loyalty. “But if any of you,” .-he went on, distinctly. shouting out every word, bis face suddenly Conioried with .j anger—“‘but if any of you-—which God preserve you from—sbould under any circumstances. prove disioyal to. the treated .with ail the se-vori-ty of the laws, without the slightest com-misera-tion.” a “His yoice failed,” says the author. “His face was peerich, full of that ‘the faeés of landlords when they threatened to skio their serfs ‘under .the rods.’" He violently spurred his horse and rode out of our circle. Next morning, the 14th of June, by his orders, thrée officers were shot at Modlin, fn Poland, and one soldier, Szur by name, was killed under the rods.” The Riisian Pensant, _It_is asserted by those who have Jived among ‘them that the lawest types or modern Ew n civilization producers are pearly. all foreigners, and -the larger trade of tte country is ehiefly in German hands. : Education may after the lapse of several generations remove the imferent dullness of this people, but it will be no easy matter to root out eviis which ‘are the growth of centuries of serfdom and distress.—Cleveland Plain Pealer. Tee's Confectionery Commercial St., opp. Transcript Block. CHAS. E. TEGLER, Proprietor Constantly on hand a large stock of Candies, Nuts : @Qranges, Lemons, Bananas, Limes. Oyster Cocktails, Hot Bef ‘Tea and Clam Buillon. oh ==—————_—_===_=_— . BASE BALLS Sporting’; Goods Are’ nice ek grt V8 . Presents ~<*. for Boys.’ of a man into two parts—the impelling same impelling force that causés°a. ‘Batural impelling force of his nervous fear is by some restraining force from_ top of the mast so quick that the mate. and made him exert ‘his restraining that Alexander II himself, for all he } ¢ezar,. the throne anil the fatherland, 4 take heed of wha: t say, he will ‘be. rage which I saw in my childhood on . ley.) . Iley). Srogxton, December 28.—The coldsa 3 a) est’ wave experienced -here in some time struck St. t night. . The thermometer reached 28 degrees. above ero this morning, ‘There wat a heavy frost, and even after the san came out the air continued so chilly that the. frost lingered in the shade until late in the forenoon. Fruit and grain men say that the frost has come at a ‘time ‘when it will be of immense benefit to the grain and fruit interests in this part of the valley, as it will drive the sap down for trimming, and also. kill eff insects which would otherwise amount toa pest. Last season both fruitand grain soffe: owing to the fact that there was no frost at thie season of the year. It is’ believed that the present frost will have. the effect of killing off a large percentage of the grain and fruit pestsand one or-twa more cold mornings will be of immense value. At the Union Tomorrow. Nothing that goes to make a good Sunday dinner will be missing from the tables at the Union Hotel from 5tc 7:30. o’elock tomorrow evening. Many families are now in the habit of taking their Sunday dinner at the Univn and they are always much pleased. [Landlord Metzenbaugher has prepared ‘an extra fine one for tomorrow and you should not miss it, At Sigourney’s Fresh eastern oysters, 50 cents for a big can, “ tf Seittittaeetheneetied wereanna 2@e->~ a atl Chosen Friends Attention. The officers-and members of the Order of Ohosen Friends are requested to meet at -Odd Fellows’ Hall Stnday afternoon, Deo. 80th, at 2 o’slock. J.P. Exaveu, Councilor, Police Graal isgt bouts in this city Chief’s order is believed of the outcomeof the bi before the Passaic Oou1 dissatisfied hecause the tame affair was Paderewski. ls s = New Yorx, December 28. to the Herald from Paris says: learned that a telegramceived in Paris from Pade; 80n saying that his father and stepmother arrived at the yacht Morges, near.Lau. sanine safely that night. A. Herata correspondent saw a telegram, from ‘Paderewski’s wife, in w was made of the’great pianist. fighting or even being wounded, but says distinetly that he was better, referring probably fo the cold from which he had been suffering, Ned Foster Said 1 no mention To Be Dying OaxLANp, December 28.—Ned Foster, famous in the palmy days-as-a sport and owner of the old Bella Union Theater in .San Francisco, is dying at the Receiving Hospital. He was found unconscious in a roem in a cheap lodging house; paralysis and is without money or friends, — He is a victim of There is no headavhe in Jesse Moore whiskey. That’s because it is pure. stamps. PR Maher & Co. ~ Out for business again. We can’t stop—the mine ‘has to. work in order to keep the mill dropping the we oe a our fine coats and capes. and. out they go at the following prices, Ladies, this day the mill is at work crushing the life ont of the prices of See our window. new price on them. All this season’s choicest They are all there and the old and goods, but we don’t want them Don’t wait a minute: oe brother in N York, a la er, are probably the: Russians. ad 3100 Bab tres gil ea Monae RSENS We RLS a eA Cg old pri e $ 7 50; now $ 5 00 fled by civilization and none reverts sted Cees éut to sul re law hari writers and travelers vary as to the Pea NNO SRNR Sit Ra 84 we 0.6 ww ale We atta aa old price. 10 50; now. 7 50 moré quickly to the original wild type . pi, brother’s slayer. Comstock was. future of Russia nearly all are Wrath ty Genet toe tees en eda lice ome ee Old price, 15 60; now 10 50 than the hog. Three genérations of éxronted ‘ead bronght teins Judge as to the utter degradation at presertt ey SERA EE ES, CMS Meee ees eine ka ere a Ber price, 16 60; now 12 00 Senna wid bublice to tery the sO} soyeeat Hage Oicy. ihe eemanee . OEMs Husian peasants aie 4, TE ECON ae en ‘old price’ 9p oo noe uo — oe pyceg rid degpecovinty og walked into the courtroom. (Judge.}0n the verge of starvation and is ab-) ttt tee eee ee eee epee RE, nate nea hazel splitter, thin, lank, leggy, lop’s saloon bi shoot. Solutely improvident, while his gross eared, sharp snouted ap Ishmael in — ahi) ves “oat: — and complete -igtiorance is combined 1 Coat~ Black Coats. bristles, running like a deer, if running “Misther Comstock, ye are charged with the most extravagant supersti2 Goats: SH 486 95 SETS LE AWONS RIAN te RMS Ree Swe EN Te ED old price, $6 005 now $3 00 be possible, fighting as only a wi hog with willful murther. Are ye guilty tion. Like all_low natures, he is thors 1 Coat TOP ON yet GAS a ke yee 2y :.sold price, 4 50; now 5 00 can fight when battle is impefative. or not guilty?" asked the judee. oughly distrustful of reform, and as a Poros eR a ake eee cote ae price, 10 50;now. 7 0) The tusks, which have been half oblit-. «guilty? was the laconic response. . Climax to his infirmities he is a conEe PE Ene Ne Seine mania ae old price, 12.50:now 7 5) erated in the process of civilization, This was. entirely beyond Judge . irmed drinker, . A PES get back size and strength. At a year Joyce’s calculations. He had no prece. . Middle. class in Russia there is praczs old they are formidable, at 2, murderdent for such a case and no power or . tically none. The small shopkeepers pon PR wien tips ea aes reels OI ae ue eh tay ee ihe old pri ‘e $7 50; aow $5 60 ous; at 3 @w 5, more @eadly than a inclination to visit out a penalty, and combine exorbitant charges with 1 ann TEE BS. SOR Se een 96.8 wae REE Gane e ge Reig Sum old price 6 00; now 3 50 sword. They afford a certain index so, with great indiguation, he shouted: , Shameful ‘usury. Manufacturers and Brees Dies ha tee soa senso be ee ee ge :s0ld price 6 50; now 4 00 ee 8 Having secured some of the youngest Our Prices ff. 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The reeipient Satisfaction from such gift, and your ey will be well expended. _ Can’t do better than surround the P feet in YOUR OWN or someone else’s ings with a pair,of these sh We have the i, Women and Club between “Mysterious” Smith and “Youngs” Ma of Philadelphia. The audirne much et" r